PTZ-78 tech tree branch
PTZ-78 characteristics
Firepower
- Damage
- 760hp
- Penetration
- 295mm
- DPM
- 2,682
- Reload
- 17.00s
- Rate of fire
- 3.53/min
- Aim time
- 2.40s
- Accuracy
- 0.360m
- Dispersion moving
- 0.170
- Shell velocity
- 960m/s
- Caliber
- 152mm
- Gun depression
- 15°
- Gun elevation
- 6°
Mobility
- Top speed
- 40km/h
- Reverse speed
- 16km/h
- Engine power
- 1,100hp
- Power/weight
- 15.7hp/t
- Hull traverse
- 30.0°/s
- Turret traverse
- 26.0°/s
- Hard terrain
- 1.10
- Medium terrain
- 1.30
- Soft terrain
- 2.00
Survivability
- Hit points
- 1,760hp
- Hull armor (front)
- 130mm
- Turret armor (front)
- —
- Fire chance
- 0%
- Ammo rack HP
- 270hp
- Track HP
- 260hp
Spotting & other
- View range
- 390m
- Signal range
- 800m
- Camo (still)
- 0.3%
- Camo (moving)
- 0.2%
- Weight
- 70.0t
PTZ-78 historical reference
After work on the Chinese BZ-79 tank ended, the military decided to use the existing designs to create a heavy tank destroyer. The project retained the key technical solutions: an opposed-piston engine and liquid jet boosters. A cheaper version with a modified V-shaped 12-cylinder diesel engine and solid-fuel packages from unguided rockets was also developed. By the early 1980s, a blueprint was ready, but the vehicle was never built since second-generation anti-tank missiles turned out to be a cheaper and more effective solution.